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I, c. 131.","full_text":"A\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in this chapter, the executive board shall have the power to establish, adopt, and enforce rules and regulations with respect to use of the common elements and with respect to such other areas of responsibility assigned to the unit owners’ association by the condominium instruments, except where expressly reserved by the condominium instruments to the unit owners. Rules and regulations may be adopted by resolution and shall be reasonably published or distributed to the unit owners. At a special meeting of the unit owners’ association convened in accordance with the provisions of the condominium instruments, a majority of the votes cast at such meeting may repeal or amend any rule or regulation adopted by the executive board. Rules and regulations may be enforced by any method authorized by this chapter.B\n\nThe unit owners’ association shall have the power, to the extent the condominium instruments or the condominium’s rules and regulations expressly provide, to (i) suspend a unit owner’s right to use facilities or services, including utility services, provided directly through the unit owners’ association for nonpayment of assessments that are more than 60 days past due, to the extent that access to the unit through the common elements is not precluded and provided that such suspension does not endanger the health, safety, or property of any unit owner, tenant, or occupant and (ii) assess charges against any unit owner for any violation of the condominium instruments or of the rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto for which such unit owner or his family members, tenants, guests, or other invitees are responsible.C\n\nBefore any action authorized in this section is taken, the unit owner shall be given a reasonable opportunity to correct the alleged violation after written notice of the alleged violation to the unit owner at the address required for notices of meetings pursuant to § 55.1-1949. If the violation remains uncorrected, the unit owner shall be given an opportunity to be heard and to be represented by counsel before the executive board or such other tribunal as the condominium instruments or its adopted rules and regulations specify.\n\t\t\tNotice of such hearing, including the actions that may be taken by the unit owners’ association in accordance with this section, shall, at least 14 days in advance, be hand delivered or mailed by registered or certified United States mail, return receipt requested, to such unit owner at the address required for notices of meetings pursuant to § 55.1-1949. Within seven days of the hearing, the hearing result shall be hand delivered or mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to such unit owner at the address required for notices of meetings pursuant to § 55.1-1949.D\n\nThe amount of any charges assessed shall not exceed $50 for a single offense, or $10 per diem for any offense of a continuing nature, and shall be treated as an assessment against such unit owner’s condominium unit for the purpose of § 55.1-1966. However, the total charges for any offense of a continuing nature shall not be assessed for a period exceeding 90 days.E\n\nThe unit owners’ association may file or defend legal action in general district or circuit court that seeks relief, including injunctive relief, arising from any violation of the condominium instruments or the condominium’s adopted rules and regulations.F\n\nAfter the date an action is filed in the general district or circuit court by (i) the unit owners’ association, by and through its counsel, to collect the charges or obtain injunctive relief and correct the violation or (ii) the unit owner challenging any such charges, no additional charges shall accrue.\n\t\t\tIf the court rules in favor of the unit owners’ association, it shall be entitled to collect such charges from the date the action was filed as well as all other charges assessed pursuant to this section against the unit owner prior to the action. In addition, if the court finds that the violation remains uncorrected, the court may order the unit owner to abate or remedy the violation.\n\t\t\tIn any action filed in general district court pursuant to this section, the court may enter default judgment against the unit owner on the sworn affidavit of the unit owners’ association.G\n\nThis section shall not be construed to prohibit the grant by the condominium instruments of other powers and responsibilities to the unit owners’ association or its executive board.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":238279,"text":"Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the executive board shall have the power to establish, adopt, and enforce rules and regulations with respect to use of the common elements and with respect to such other areas of responsibility assigned to the unit owners’ association by the condominium instruments, except where expressly reserved by the condominium instruments to the unit owners. Rules and regulations may be adopted by resolution and shall be reasonably published or distributed to the unit owners. At a special meeting of the unit owners’ association convened in accordance with the provisions of the condominium instruments, a majority of the votes cast at such meeting may repeal or amend any rule or regulation adopted by the executive board. 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If the violation remains uncorrected, the unit owner shall be given an opportunity to be heard and to be represented by counsel before the executive board or such other tribunal as the condominium instruments or its adopted rules and regulations specify.\n\t\t\tNotice of such hearing, including the actions that may be taken by the unit owners’ association in accordance with this section, shall, at least 14 days in advance, be hand delivered or mailed by registered or certified United States mail, return receipt requested, to such unit owner at the address required for notices of meetings pursuant to § 55.1-1949. Within seven days of the hearing, the hearing result shall be hand delivered or mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to such unit owner at the address required for notices of meetings pursuant to § 55.1-1949.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":238282,"text":"The amount of any charges assessed shall not exceed $50 for a single offense, or $10 per diem for any offense of a continuing nature, and shall be treated as an assessment against such unit owner’s condominium unit for the purpose of § 55.1-1966. However, the total charges for any offense of a continuing nature shall not be assessed for a period exceeding 90 days.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"4":{"id":238283,"text":"The unit owners’ association may file or defend legal action in general district or circuit court that seeks relief, including injunctive relief, arising from any violation of the condominium instruments or the condominium’s adopted rules and regulations.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D","next_prefix":"F"},"5":{"id":238284,"text":"After the date an action is filed in the general district or circuit court by (i) the unit owners’ association, by and through its counsel, to collect the charges or obtain injunctive relief and correct the violation or (ii) the unit owner challenging any such charges, no additional charges shall accrue.\n\t\t\tIf the court rules in favor of the unit owners’ association, it shall be entitled to collect such charges from the date the action was filed as well as all other charges assessed pursuant to this section against the unit owner prior to the action. In addition, if the court finds that the violation remains uncorrected, the court may order the unit owner to abate or remedy the violation.\n\t\t\tIn any action filed in general district court pursuant to this section, the court may enter default judgment against the unit owner on the sworn affidavit of the unit owners’ association.","type":"section","prefixes":["F"],"prefix":"F","entire_prefix":"F","prefix_anchor":"F","level":1,"prior_prefix":"E","next_prefix":"G"},"6":{"id":238285,"text":"This section shall not be construed to prohibit the grant by the condominium instruments of other powers and responsibilities to the unit owners’ association or its executive board.","type":"section","prefixes":["G"],"prefix":"G","entire_prefix":"G","prefix_anchor":"G","level":1,"prior_prefix":"F"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13236,"edition_id":1,"name":"Management of Condominium","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13018,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:30","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:30","permalink":{"id":246789,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13236,"identifier":"3","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/3","url":"\/55.1\/IV\/19\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13018,"edition_id":1,"name":"Virginia Condominium Act","identifier":"19","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12914,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:09","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:09","permalink":{"id":246623,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13018,"identifier":"19","token":"55.1\/IV\/19","url":"\/55.1\/IV\/19\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12914,"edition_id":1,"name":"Common Interest Communities","identifier":"IV","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12707,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:01","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:01","permalink":{"id":246473,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12914,"identifier":"IV","token":"55.1\/IV","url":"\/55.1\/IV\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12707,"edition_id":1,"name":"Property and Conveyances","identifier":"55.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":244769,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12707,"identifier":"55.1","token":"55.1","url":"\/55.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":75299,"structure_id":13236,"section_number":"55.1-1940","catch_line":"Bylaws to be recorded with declaration; 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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 667 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1997, chapters 173<\/a> and 417<\/a>; in 2000, chapters 846<\/a> and 906<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 509<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 372<\/a> and 378<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 784<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":79702,"section_number":"16.1-106","catch_line":"Appeals from courts not of record in civil cases","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-106\/"},{"id":72168,"section_number":"16.1-77","catch_line":"Civil jurisdiction of general district courts; amending amount of claim","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-77\/"},{"id":76819,"section_number":"55.1-1939","catch_line":"Statement of unit owner rights","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1939\/"},{"id":63730,"section_number":"55.1-1951","catch_line":"Display of the flag of the United States; necessary supporting structures; affirmative defense","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1951\/"},{"id":64065,"section_number":"55.1-1960.1","catch_line":"Limitation of smoking in condominium","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1960.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":76863,"section_number":"55.1-1949","catch_line":"Meetings of unit owners' association and executive board","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1949\/"},{"id":86561,"section_number":"55.1-1966","catch_line":"Lien for assessments; foreclosure","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1966\/"}],"permalink":{"id":246875,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65547,"identifier":"55.1-1959","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/3\/55.1-1959","url":"\/55.1-1959\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1959\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/19\/3\/55.1-1959","dublin_core":{"Title":"Suspension of services for failure to pay assessments; corrective action; assessment of charges for violations; notice; hearing; adoption and enforcement of rules and regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1959","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the executive board<\/span> shall have the power to establish, adopt, and enforce rules and regulations with respect to use of the common elements<\/span> and with respect to such other areas of responsibility assigned to the unit owners<\/span>’ association by the condominium<\/span> instruments, except where expressly reserved by the condominium<\/span> instruments to the unit owners<\/span>. Rules and regulations may be adopted by resolution and shall be reasonably published or distributed to the unit owners<\/span>. At a special meeting of the unit owners<\/span>’ association convened in accordance with the provisions of the condominium<\/span> instruments, a majority of the votes cast at such meeting may repeal or amend<\/span> any rule or regulation adopted by the executive board<\/span>. Rules and regulations may be enforced by any method authorized by this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The unit owners<\/span>’ association shall have the power, to the extent the condominium<\/span> instruments or the condominium<\/span>’s rules and regulations expressly provide, to (i) suspend a unit owner<\/span>’s right to use facilities or services, including utility services, provided directly through the unit owners<\/span>’ association for nonpayment of assessments that are more than 60 days past due, to the extent that access to the unit through the common elements<\/span> is not precluded and provided that such suspension does not endanger the health, safety, or property of any unit owner<\/span>, tenant, or occupant and (ii) assess charges against any unit owner<\/span> for any violation of the condominium<\/span> instruments or of the rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto for which such unit owner<\/span> or his family members, tenants, guests, or other invitees are responsible. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Before any action authorized in this section is taken, the unit owner<\/span> shall be given a reasonable opportunity to correct the alleged violation after written notice of the alleged violation to the unit owner<\/span> at the address required for notices of meetings pursuant to § 55.1-1949<\/a>. If the violation remains uncorrected, the unit owner<\/span> shall be given an opportunity to be heard and to be represented by counsel<\/span> before the executive board<\/span> or such other tribunal as the condominium<\/span> instruments or its adopted rules and regulations specify.\n\t\t\tNotice of such hearing<\/span>, including the actions that may be taken by the unit owners<\/span>’ association in accordance with this section, shall, at least 14 days in advance, be hand delivered or mailed by registered or certified United States mail, return receipt requested, to such unit owner<\/span> at the address required for notices of meetings pursuant to § 55.1-1949<\/a>. Within seven days of the hearing<\/span>, the hearing<\/span> result shall be hand delivered or mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to such unit owner<\/span> at the address required for notices of meetings pursuant to § 55.1-1949<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The amount of any charges assessed shall not exceed $50 for a single offense<\/span>, or $10 per diem for any offense<\/span> of a continuing nature, and shall be treated as an assessment against such unit owner<\/span>’s condominium unit<\/span> for the purpose of § 55.1-1966<\/a>. However, the total charges for any offense<\/span> of a continuing nature shall not be assessed for a period exceeding 90 days. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> The unit owners<\/span>’ association may file or defend legal action in general district or circuit<\/span> court<\/span> that seeks relief, including injunctive relief, arising from any violation of the condominium instruments or the condominium’s adopted rules and regulations. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

F.<\/span> After the date an action is filed in the general district or circuit<\/span> court<\/span> by (i) the unit owners<\/span>’ association, by and through its counsel<\/span>, to collect the charges or obtain injunctive relief and correct the violation or (ii) the unit owner<\/span> challenging any such charges, no additional charges shall accrue.\n\t\t\tIf the court<\/span> rules in favor of the unit owners<\/span>’ association, it shall be entitled to collect such charges from the date the action was filed as well as all other charges assessed pursuant to this section against the unit owner<\/span> prior to the action. In addition, if the court<\/span> finds that the violation remains uncorrected, the court<\/span> may order<\/span> the unit owner<\/span> to abate or remedy the violation.\n\t\t\tIn any action filed in general district court<\/span> pursuant to this section, the court<\/span> may enter default judgment<\/span> against the unit owner<\/span> on the sworn affidavit<\/span> of the unit owners<\/span>’ association. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

G.<\/span> This section shall not be construed to prohibit the grant by the condominium instruments of other powers and responsibilities to the unit owners<\/span>’ association or its executive board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUSPENSION OF SERVICES FOR FAILURE TO PAY ASSESSMENTS; CORRECTIVE ACTION;\nASSESSMENT OF CHARGES FOR VIOLATIONS; NOTICE; HEARING; ADOPTION AND ENFORCEMENT\nOF RULES AND REGULATIONS (\u00a7 55.1-1959)\n\nA. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the executive board shall have\nthe power to establish, adopt, and enforce rules and regulations with respect to\nuse of the common elements and with respect to such other areas of\nresponsibility assigned to the unit owners’ association by the condominium\ninstruments, except where expressly reserved by the condominium instruments to\nthe unit owners. Rules and regulations may be adopted by resolution and shall be\nreasonably published or distributed to the unit owners. At a special meeting of\nthe unit owners’ association convened in accordance with the provisions of\nthe condominium instruments, a majority of the votes cast at such meeting may\nrepeal or amend any rule or regulation adopted by the executive board. Rules and\nregulations may be enforced by any method authorized by this chapter.\n\nB. The unit owners’ association shall have the power, to the extent the\ncondominium instruments or the condominium’s rules and regulations\nexpressly provide, to (i) suspend a unit owner’s right to use facilities\nor services, including utility services, provided directly through the unit\nowners’ association for nonpayment of assessments that are more than 60\ndays past due, to the extent that access to the unit through the common elements\nis not precluded and provided that such suspension does not endanger the health,\nsafety, or property of any unit owner, tenant, or occupant and (ii) assess\ncharges against any unit owner for any violation of the condominium instruments\nor of the rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto for which such unit\nowner or his family members, tenants, guests, or other invitees are responsible.\n\nC. Before any action authorized in this section is taken, the unit owner shall\nbe given a reasonable opportunity to correct the alleged violation after written\nnotice of the alleged violation to the unit owner at the address required for\nnotices of meetings pursuant to § 55.1-1949. If the violation remains\nuncorrected, the unit owner shall be given an opportunity to be heard and to be\nrepresented by counsel before the executive board or such other tribunal as the\ncondominium instruments or its adopted rules and regulations specify.\n\t\t\tNotice of such hearing, including the actions that may be taken by the unit\nowners’ association in accordance with this section, shall, at least 14\ndays in advance, be hand delivered or mailed by registered or certified United\nStates mail, return receipt requested, to such unit owner at the address\nrequired for notices of meetings pursuant to § 55.1-1949. Within seven days\nof the hearing, the hearing result shall be hand delivered or mailed by\nregistered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to such unit owner at\nthe address required for notices of meetings pursuant to § 55.1-1949.\n\nD. The amount of any charges assessed shall not exceed $50 for a single offense,\nor $10 per diem for any offense of a continuing nature, and shall be treated as\nan assessment against such unit owner’s condominium unit for the purpose\nof § 55.1-1966. However, the total charges for any offense of a continuing\nnature shall not be assessed for a period exceeding 90 days.\n\nE. The unit owners’ association may file or defend legal action in general\ndistrict or circuit court that seeks relief, including injunctive relief,\narising from any violation of the condominium instruments or the\ncondominium’s adopted rules and regulations.\n\nF. After the date an action is filed in the general district or circuit court by\n(i) the unit owners’ association, by and through its counsel, to collect\nthe charges or obtain injunctive relief and correct the violation or (ii) the\nunit owner challenging any such charges, no additional charges shall accrue.\n\t\t\tIf the court rules in favor of the unit owners’ association, it shall\nbe entitled to collect such charges from the date the action was filed as well\nas all other charges assessed pursuant to this section against the unit owner\nprior to the action. In addition, if the court finds that the violation remains\nuncorrected, the court may order the unit owner to abate or remedy the\nviolation.\n\t\t\tIn any action filed in general district court pursuant to this section, the\ncourt may enter default judgment against the unit owner on the sworn affidavit\nof the unit owners’ association.\n\nG. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the grant by the condominium\ninstruments of other powers and responsibilities to the unit owners’\nassociation or its executive board.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 667, \u00a7 55-79.80:2; 1997, cc. 173, 417; 2000, cc. 846, 906;\n2002, c. 509; 2011, cc. 372, 378; 2014, c. 784; 2019, c. 712; 2021, Sp. Sess. I,\nc. 131.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}